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Phish's Trey Anastasio recently Jeffrey Brown on PBS' NEWSHOUR, where he opened up about classical music, commitment, and the sense of community a symphony orchestra can bring. Check out the full interview below!

As the summer heat rises, Horizon Theatre Company launches the Atlanta Premiere of every tongue confess by one of today's hottest playwrights Marcus Gardley. Imaginative director Thomas W. Jones II brings Gardley's passion-filled mystery to life with the help of original blues and gospel music by Composer and Music Director S. Renee Clark. Jones calls the work 'a highly theatrical rollercoaster ride that is both provocative and redemptive,' and continues, 'People will be healed by this play.' Check out a first look at the production below!

Walt Disney Pictures has just released two new featurettes for THE LONE RANGER in its ongoing behind the scenes series. Check them out below!

Buoyed by more live programming hours in the second quarter than ever, NBC Sports Network averaged 633,000 primetime viewers - marking the most-watched quarter in primetime (8-11 p.m.) in the network's history and a 17% increase vs. last year, according to data released by The Nielsen Company.

Discovery Channel's FAST N' LOUD was the #1 cable program and STREET OUTLAWS was the #2 cable program among Men 25-54 delivery and Men 18-49 delivery (excluding sports) on Monday, July 1st.

Last night's series premiere of Bravo Media's newest docu-series “Below Deck” sailed full steam ahead as it earned 1.1 million total viewers, according to Nielsen. The show, which follows a group of “yachties” as they live, love and work aboard a luxury yacht during charter season, also scored over 645,000 viewers among A18-49.

Disney Channel's first-ever Flash Forward Weekend, featuring all-new futuristic episodes of favorite series and guest star appearances by Ava Sambora ('This is 40') and Leo Howard (Disney XD's 'Kickin' It'), premieres FRIDAY, JULY 26 - SUNDAY JULY 28 on Disney Channel. The summer celebration continues SATURDAY, JULY 27 on Disney Channel with the Dance Along edition of 'Teen Beach Movie,' featuring stars from the movie teaching kids at home groovy dance steps to the exuberant summer jam 'Surf's Up.'

At 8 p.m., “Switched at Birth” recorded season highs in Adults 18-49 (929,000/0.7 rating) and Women 18-49 (725,000/1.1 rating), ranking as cable TV's #1 scripted telecast in the hour in the demos, as well as Adults 18-34 (530,000/1.2 rating), Women 18-34 (413,000/1.2 rating), Viewers 12-34 (847,000/0.9 rating) and Females 12-34 (717,000/1.6 rating).

CBS News' 48 HOURS: 'The Hunt for Mr. Wright' (R) was Saturday's #1 program in both households and viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for June 29, 2013.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network scored its best quarter in network history delivering a +32% growth in second quarter 2013 in primetime versus first quarter making OWN a Top 5 cable network for African-American women 25-54.

Comedian Chris Rock, film and TV star Kevin James, singer and actress Ashanti, TV star George Lopez and more will join Mets Legends and Baseball Hall of Famers in the 2013 Taco Bell(R) Legends & Celebrity Softball Game at Citi Field on Sunday, July 14th. Additionally, former Mets catcher Mike Piazza has been added to the roster. Also joining are Hall of Famer and former Mets and Yankees outfielder Rickey Henderson along with former Yankees Bernie Williams, who joins as the American League Captain. Williams will rival former Mets John Franco as the National League Captain. The Softball Game will be televised immediately following the Chevrolet Home Run Derby on ESPN on July 15th.

On the heels of posting year-on-year growth for the month of May, Lifetime has registered double digit year-over-year growth in key demographics for Second Quarter 2013 vs. Second Quarter 2012, including a +10% jump among Total Viewers and Adults 25-54, +9% increase in Women 25-54, +3% with Adults 18-49 and +1% in Women 18-49.

MSNBC was the #2 cable news network for the month of June, topping CNN and HLN in key ratings categories, according to data from Nielsen. Without big news events to drive ratings, CNN dropped 43% in weekday Primetime and 40% in daytime among A25-54 compared to May 2013. FOX News Channel saw the network's lowest weekday Primetime performance among A25-54 in more than twelve years - since August 2001.

When disaster strikes, it's the police, paramedics, firefighters and other first responders that save the day, but the unsung heroes of every catastrophe are the guys who clean it up. HGTV provides a behind-the-scenes look of the recovery efforts of unpredictable storms and other natural disasters with its new series, Catastrophe Inc., premiering Sunday, July 14 at 10 a.m. ET. Long after the floods have receded and fires have been extinguished, the Catastrophe Inc. crew works relentlessly in the muck and grime to change people's lives by restoring their homes. HGTV's half-hour documentary style series features the masters of disaster clean up - licensed recovery contractors Ed Ranieri and Enzo Maddalena, designer Kari Openshaw and Joe Charboneau, former Cleveland Indians player and all around construction worker.

Hallmark Channel announces that 'Touched By An Angel' Executive Producer, Martha Williamson begins a highly anticipated return to television with 'Dead Letters,' a Hallmark Channel Original Movie of the Week that's targeted to become a primetime series. 'Dead Letters' tells the inspiring story of a group of postal detectives whose mission is to deliver letters and packages from the past, which arrive miraculously when they are needed most. The two-hour original movie stars Eric Mabius ('Ugly Betty,' 'Outcasts,' 'Cruel Intentions') as leader of the group, Oliver, and Kristin Booth ('The Kennedys,' 'The Newsroom,' 'Banner 4th of July') as newcomer to the Dead Letter Office, Shane. 'Dead Letters' will have its World Premiere on Hallmark Channel, Saturday, October 12 at 9p.m. ET/PT, 8C. If greenlit, 'Dead Letters' would air on Hallmark Channel in 2014.

CMT wrapped up its second quarter of the year posting double-digit gains for its key P18-49 demo in both Prime (+31%) and Total Day (+33%) over last year, and currently ranks among the Top 5 fastest-growing cable nets for the quarter. Growth is particularly strong among women when compared to last year, with the largest gain among young females as W18-34 grew in both Prime (+56%) and Total Day (+52%) for the quarter. The gains mark the network's third consecutive quarter of growth (P18-49, Total Day), and follows an aggressive strategy with more hours of original programming than any time in the network's history.

In second quarter, Animal Planet achieved its most-watched quarter ever in prime and total day among major key demos, including P2+ viewers (768K, 466K), HH (546K, 358K), P25-54 (352K, 203K) and P18-49 (330K, 200K). In prime, the network also marked its highest quarterly delivery ever among M25-54 (195K), placing Animal Planet at #16 among all ad-supported cable networks for 2013 to date.

TNT has ordered a fourth season of Falling Skies, the Epic drama produced by DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg and starring Noah Wyle. Currently airing Sundays at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), Falling Skies is averaging 5.8 million viewers in Live + 7 delivery and ranks as basic cable's #1 scripted series with adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 for the summer-to-date. TNT plans to launch the 10-episode fourth season in summer 2014.

The League of Young Voters Education Fund (LYVEF) and Snoop Lion aka Snoop Dogg presented the No Guns Allowed: Disarming Violence in our Community panel at the BET Experience 2013. The panel, which addressed gun violence in America, featured Lion, rapper T.I., Congresswoman Maxine Waters and community thought leaders. The panel was moderated by the LYVEF's Executive Director, Dr. Rob 'Biko' Baker and was inspired by Snoop Lion's 'No Guns Allowed' single from his Reincarnated album. Check out a recap of the discussion below!

mun2, the leading Hispanic entertainment cable network for young Hispanic adults, continued to have double digit growth on weekend prime (Saturday/Sunday, 7-11 p.m.) deliveries in the second quarter, according to Nielsen. For the quarter on weekend prime, the network was up +31%, delivering 135,000 total viewers and +34% delivering 78,000 adults 18-49, and was the #1 Hispanic entertainment cable network in weekend prime with women 18-34 and women18-49 out-delivering Discovery en Español, Galavision, FOX Deportes and Tr3s. Programs that anchored and increased deliveries for the quarter remained mun2 original reality series I Love Jenni and Fugitivos de la Ley: Los Angeles, original music series Reventon, as well as the highest delivery for its mun2 Presents series with its mun2 Presents: Fast & the Furious 6.